Zhao Li was inconspicuous at first among the emperor's ministers, and even stayed in Xiangyi during the expedition to the west, missing many battles, and then although he returned to the team, he was mainly engaged in behind-the-scenes work such as staff officers and training recruits by the emperor's side. Until the Northern Expedition, Zhao Li was appointed by the emperor as the commander of one side and came to the forefront.

It is precisely for these reasons that the Jurchens are very familiar with Zhao Yong, and even Zhao Yan and others, and they are very unfamiliar with Zhao Li. After the battle of Zhaozhou, Zhao Li made a few moves, but he was turned around by his tricks, and he also lost his troops and generals, and understood that this was a difficult opponent. But Deputy Marshal Tang Kuobi didn't feel anything, but was a little excited, and very much hoped to exchange Zhao Li's head for his glory and wealth.

Tang Kuo still has some skills in this person, otherwise he would not have been favored by Wan Yan Kang to recruit his son-in-law, he has been an idle official in the court for so many years, and he has no experience in leading troops, let alone seen a battle formation. It wasn't until a few days ago that Wushu promoted him to the governor of the government and the Yin of Huining Mansion in order to soothe the emperor's irritable and furious heart. This official is not small, not only can he participate in the discussion and formulation of major national policies, but also shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the Beijing Division, and he is also in charge of the military and political affairs of the Shangjing Road.

With such a high-status deputy marshal to assist, Wanyan Yanying naturally has a different taste, and it also makes him have to be careful everywhere, discuss everything with him and then make a decision, of course, it is often the deputy marshal who says that the matter is decided. Because the two of them came by their own leaders, Tang Kuo was a powerful man, and he didn't want to be touched by Yan Yanying's bad luck. Therefore, although the troops were combined, they actually led their own soldiers and horses.

In the face of the constant attacks of the Song army's rangers. Wanyan Yanying is guarding the position and does not send troops to fight. He knew that the Song army was only leading himself to move the formation, and if he moved, there would inevitably be loopholes, so he could take advantage of the situation to attack, so it was better to move still when occupying favorable terrain. However, the infantry army that was attacked by the Song cavalry could not ignore it, and Tang Kuobi ordered the infantry to use crowd tactics to deal with the Song army's rangers, trapping them in the formation and fighting several rendezvous, and finally repelled several waves of attacks by the Song army in the front.

The two armies faced each other. People shouted and neighed, guns and knives came and went, feathers and arrows were like shuttles, such a spectacular war scene made Tang Kuobi is heart stirred, how could he miss such a good opportunity to watch, he led his own soldiers to supervise the battle on a mountain bag. But just look at it, but he likes to be in the limelight, not only wearing the golden helmet and gold armor given by the emperor, but also planting the handsome flag on the mountain. I am afraid that the soldiers did not know that he was in the battle and was with them.

Zhao Li, who was also in the array, soon discovered the golden light on the mountain, and immediately realized that it was a big fish, and quickly sent an elite cavalry again. From the west side, he followed a small stream and went around to Tang Kuobi's formation, and suddenly launched a surprise attack, with a clear purpose - to capture the thief and capture the king first. At this time, Tang Kuobi didn't expect that Song Jun would directly attack him, and the personal soldiers around him were also unguarded. For a while, it was impossible to resist the menacing Song army.

Seeing that Tang Kuobi was about to die before he could be born, Pu Changhai, the commander of the Protector Army, discovered the dangerous situation of the deputy marshal. At the critical moment, he led the cavalry to come to the aid and appeared by Tang Kuobi's side in time. After a battle to the death, he finally repelled the sneak attack of the Song cavalry, so that Tang Kuobi did not die in his post. And when the Jin army, which is responsible for defending the left flank, sees that the main general is in crisis, most of these soldiers are in the tuntian army in the hinterland of the Jin country, and they are generally not needed to go into battle if there is something, they lack training on weekdays, and have no experience in battle.

Zhao Li is a person who is good at capturing subtle changes, and the changes on the battlefield can't escape his keen gaze, and Zhao Li, who had just finished tossing Tang Kuo's debate, turned his attention to the left flank again. A Song dragon rode on the left flank of the Jin army, and when the heart was unstable, it launched a surprise attack from its flank. The already frightened Jin Guobu army was suddenly attacked, and the formation that had been loosened became out of control in an instant under the continuous impact of the Song army, and it broke up several times, but fortunately, the commander Wanyan Yanying found that it was wrong and immediately sent troops to help, so the formation did not collapse.

And Tang Kuobi gradually calmed down from the panic, and under the strict orders of Wanyan Yanying, he finally mustered up the courage to supervise the battle again, personally beheaded the commander who pressed the formation, killed more than a dozen fleeing soldiers, and led his troops to turn back to fight back, but he was still unable to repel the surprise attack of the Song cavalry. In the end, Yan Yanying had no choice but to personally lead a large army to reinforce, which repelled the attack of the Song army and barely stabilized his position.

In just one day, the Song cavalry attacked from all sides and repeatedly harassed the Jin army guarding Hukai Mountain. This kind of elusive attack made the Jin army anxious, and fortunately, the remnants led by Yan Yanying had strong combat effectiveness, otherwise it was estimated that the tribal army of Tang Kuo would have been dragged down by Zhao Li long ago. The battle did not end until nightfall, and the Song army retreated into the Songfeng Mountain, which was opposite Hukai Mountain.

After a day of fierce fighting, Wanyan Yanying Tong Guò also realized the true strength of the Song army in this small offensive and defensive battle, and he held the small Hukai Mountain with nearly 200,000 troops, blocking the tired enemy who was less than 40,000 deep into the hinterland, although he barely resisted the opponent's fierce offensive, at most it could only be regarded as evenly matched, which was really embarrassing.

After Yan Yanying pondered for a while, the Song army was all light cavalry this time, and there was no baggage team to accompany them, which means that they need to bring their own grain, grass and baggage. According to the convention, the self-sufficiency of a light cavalry is only ten days at most, and this Song army has been fighting for nearly ten days after coming out of Yichun, but in the case that Huining Mansion has already implemented the strong wall and clearing the wilderness, they cannot get replenishment, which also shows that the Song army has run out of food yesterday. If the whole army is concentrated at this time and takes the initiative to attack the Song army, it will inevitably win.

The generals fully agreed with Wanyan Yanying's idea, but the deputy marshal Tang Kuobi did not nod, saying that the Song army was cunning, if they had run out of food yesterday, how could they still have the strength to fight with them today, so they still have food in their hands, not to mention that they had confused someone in Zhaozhou before, and the guide missed the fighter plane and was defeated. And now that they have retreated to Songfeng Mountain, and the Song army closest to them is also two hundred miles away, it can be said that they are already under siege and it is difficult to escape, so why rush to attack?

As soon as Tang Kuo spoke, all the generals were silent, and they all now understood that in this army, it was actually the deputy marshal who really controlled the command, and without his consent, nothing could be effectively implemented. And Wanyan Yanying knew that although he didn't name him, he also knew that he was talking about himself, but it was a fact, and it was difficult to defend himself, so he could only sigh in vain and give up his thoughts. But this also allowed the opportunity to save the situation on the battlefield once again quietly slipped, but soon, Tang Kuobi would pay a heavy price for his stupid decision......

The next day, all the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom found that the Song Army's Western Route Army had mysteriously disappeared, and disappeared without a trace, and the camp was empty, as if it had suddenly traveled to another time and space. Next, something even stranger happened, for four consecutive days, the Jin army failed to search and find a soldier, a horse, a battalion and a village of the Song army near Songfeng Mountain, and according to the patrol cavalry, no army was found on the road from Hukai Mountain to Huining Mansion!

A strange, confused, frightened, and hesitant expression appeared on the face of each Jin State soldier. There are even more naïve buddies, who are very naïve to think that the Southern Dynasty army is also naïve, so naïve that they are very self-conscious enough to retreat to the south bank of the Mingtong River, leaving Huining Mansion and joining up with the Song army that attacked Huanglong Mansion. But for Tang Kuobi, who urgently needed a victory to prove his ability, it didn't matter where the Song army fled, the 150,000 army was still there, and the imperial tomb was safe and sound, so the battle of Hu Kaishan should be regarded as a great victory against the Song Dynasty!

Therefore, Yirapu couldn't wait to send someone to report the victory on the battlefield to Wanyan Shouxu in Bianjing Mansion. Wanyan in Huining Mansion naturally couldn't understand the real situation on the battlefield of Hukaishan, but it sounded completely reasonable for 150,000 elite troops to defeat 40,000 tired divisions of the Southern Dynasty. For a while, everyone in the government and the opposition cried with joy that a god of war appeared again in the Dajin Kingdom to save the Jin Kingdom, and regarded the concubine Duwei as the savior.

In fact, even if Tang Kuo made a big argument and reported the military situation, it would not be a big deal to fool the emperor, but the fatal consequences of his stupid decision continued to affect the Jin Kingdom. After hearing Hu Kaishan's victory, the emperor Wanyan was so excited, so excited that he thought that with his good son-in-law, he could block the continued attack of the Song army, and it would not be long before the Song army that invaded Huining Mansion could be wiped out.

The emperor gave up the idea of running away and began to have fun again, which made the people below also breathe a sigh of relief and relax their vigilance. Originally, when the Song army was about to attack the Beijing Division, Zhuzhou County of Huining Prefecture began to mobilize the villagers to form a group to protect themselves and resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty, but now that even the emperor feels that there is nothing wrong, and from the current point of view, the Jin State is not at a disadvantage, at least the situation in Huining Mansion is under control, and the main force of 200,000 elite troops is still there, and it should not be intimidated by Zhao Li in any case. Naturally, everyone combined work and rest and went home to rest.

But in fact, except for Zhao Li's head show or insanity, he left without a fight when he encountered such a setback, not to mention the battlefield where he took the initiative to withdraw, so the Jurchens were really good at making fun of suffering. But there are too few people in the world who can be as lucky as Zhao Ta to cross, especially tens of thousands of people who are afraid that God will not cross, so where is Zhao Li hiding...... (To be continued......)